I've personally grown to hate the security theatre of rotating my bank passwords every six months, especially because of requirements like "must contain one uppercase, one symbol, one lowercase, one special case and the blood of a unicorn."

When mathematically, a simple, grammatically incorrect sentence of 25 characters is much harder for a machine to crack than a gibberish 8-character password with symbols.

Entropy loves length.

I love the idea that the most secure key to your digital life could just be a weird little poem or an inside joke that only you know. Security doesn't have to be painful.

#infosec #passwords #cybersecurity #UX #security #sysadmin #programming #foss #linux #privacy #enshittification #reading #finance

#Linux #Snap Users Warned as Attackers Push #Malware Through Old Trusted Apps

linuxiac.com/linux-snap-users-…

#cybersecurity #FOSS

Linux Snap Users Warned as Attackers Push Malware Through Old Trusted Apps

A new Snap Store scam campaign abuses expired publisher domains to bypass trust signals and deliver malicious app updates.

^{Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)}

Richard #Stallman Critiques #AI, Connected Cars, #Smartphones, and #DRM

news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/…

#privacy #FLOSS #FOSS #RMS

Richard Stallman Critiques AI, Connected Cars, Smartphones, and DRM - Slashdot

Richard Stallman spoke Friday at Atlanta's Georgia Institute of Technology, continuing his activism for free software while also addressing today's new technologies.

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If you would like to help financially support the development of a new Wayland compositor for Xfce, you can do so by contributing funds via our #OpenCollective accounts.

For US contributions:
opencollective.com/xfce

For EU contributions:
opencollective.com/xfce-eu

These contributions will help pay for the funding of longtime Xfce core developer Brian Tarricone to create xfwl4, a brand-new Wayland compositor for Xfce.

Thank you for your support!

#Xfce #Wayland #Rust #FOSS #Linux

Xfce - Open Collective

Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.

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Crowdfunding for @silex templates has started

The goal is to fund the work behind production-ready website templates, so they can be released free and open source for everyone

Here are all the templates:
silex.me/templates/

The crowdfunding page:
roadmap.silex.me/posts/61/temp…

For now 2 donations of 1€ each, me for a test and my mom because she saw a notification and she's awesome

#foss #funding #sustainability #nocode #opensource #buildinpublic

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